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> Thank you to everyone for the information. I am glad there are actually some
> open minded people in our community who will take a question such as mine to
> educate rather than to mutilate. To those who questioned what brand of Linux
> I actualy used on my first try, it was Mandrake. I must admit my first
> dabbling in Unix was pretty scary but as you all can vouch and have vouched
> after awhile it kind of grows on you (which it has on me I just haven't
> found it in my heart to pull myself away from the Microsoft proverbial
> "teet"). I do intend when I get the money (to build another box, I'm not
> going to go cold turkey and plus I wanted my first expirience with Linux to
> be in a server enviroment considering I am intending to build a server for
> my home... guess this means I will get to learn the magic of Samba :) ) and
> the time (school and work) to get my feet wet in the world of Unix because
> lets face it... Unix is always the better chioce in the corporate world
> (server side) and I do not intend to jump into my IT career without knowing
> shit about Unix. Lastly I found a site to download the many flavors
> (
http://www.linuxiso.org/) but the big decision is what the hell flavor do I
> start on? I mean I want one that will be moderately a challenge (because
> nothing is ever achieved without hardwork) however I don't want to have to
> invest in the economy size bottle of Aleve at Costco if you get my meaning.
> If anyone could recommend a flavor and a place where I can get all the dirt
> I can handle on how it all works then please let me know. Thanks again
> everyone!
> "Shaolin Tiger" <r...@ku.gro.tenkrad> wrote in message
> news:3da9daed_2@news2.vip.uk.com...
> > Pyromite78 <pyromit...@hotmail.com> randomly produced:
> > > OK I know I am going to get flamed for this one but I am going to ask
> > > anyway. Why do hackers like Linux so and AMD so much?
> > Because you control what it does, it doesn't control what you do (or try
> and
> > tell anyone else what you're doing).
> > AMD because you get more bang for the buck, that's all.
> > > Is it that whole
> > > "anti-corporation" thing or is it somthing about the software and
> > > hardware?
> > There is that aswell, monopolies suck, they hinder small companies and
> fresh
> > new ideas from evolving and growing.
> > Plus there is the whole OSS community thing, open source is great for
> people
> > with the knowledge and interest to want to know how things works, the code
> > is there you can look at it, change it, tailor it, customise it or even
> > exploit it..
considered getting Solaris for Intel from Sun. (there is also unixware
tool. I have only had Redhat 8 for 24 hours but looks & feels good.
